Robert James Ritchi Quotes
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I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it.
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Are some women and children going to die? Yeah. But it's doing the right thing. You got money, you sit around talking about peace. People who don't have money need some help.
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People love to hate other people.
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I bought a book of Mark Twain quotes. That's about my speed. I'll read a couple quotes and put it down.
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There's no way anyone in the world is having more fun than I am. I truly believe that.
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I make a lot of money. I can take a pay cut. All my friends are taking pay cuts that are in the unions, that are - that are farming in Alabama or whatever it is. I can surely take a pay cut, too, not cutting down my show or - or the people that work for me, I can take a pay cut.
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I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels.
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Getting married was a ball. Being married was... a nightmare.
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I have been to anger management twice. After the first session the lady was like, 'Baby, you don't seem that angry at all. You seem like a really nice guy.'
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I know a lot of people who are struggling musicians; it's a hard life, and I've risked being that. The rewards are tremendous now that I've made it, I thank God every day. But I put it all on the line for it.
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I do not believe that artists or actors and people should be out there like voicing their full-blown opinions on politics because, let's face it, at the end of the day, I'm not that smart of a guy.
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And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.
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I always looked up to so many people before me and was lucky to become such good friends with them. I learned so much hanging out with those cats.
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You know, when I started I liked Big Macs and Budweiser and I still like Big Macs and Budweiser.
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Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality.
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I just have never got into reading.
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I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living.
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I'm in awe of people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard; they're great musicians and people. But I'm most starstruck by people in the small town where I live. Especially single dads, like me, who are working five times as hard to raise their kids.
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That's why I called my record Devil Without a Cause - I'm a white boy who's so sick of hearing that white kids are going to steal rap.
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There's so many examples of just how lucky we are to be born anywhere in this world that is free.
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I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.
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A lot of people told me that I'm committing musical suicide with my sound.
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My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.
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I'm all about change, and I know things are going to move forward in life, and that's just how it goes.